Murder Martinet by Lorac (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are in good order, corners are bumped, spine is faded and has a crease running from head to foot. Internally very clean throughout. No marks or inscriptions.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this very scarce Golden Age detective novel, from E. C. R. Lorac's long-running Chief Inspector MacDonald series. The first edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. In a manor house in the English countryside, the domineering Muriel Farrington rules over her various grown children like a martinet. When she is found dead, MacDonald is called in to cast his eye over several possible culprits. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, very smart, with fading to the spine and a couple damp spots to the rear board. Spine slightly cocked. Mild bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are largely bright and clean, with toning to the half title and last page of advertisements. The odd spot or handling marks. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…